journal I read was called Music of the Great War 1914-18 by Wayne Norton. I pick this journal because I am very interested into music. I want to learn more history behind music and why certain pieces were made. This article also helps with my major because I am a Music Education major. Within the next year or two‚ I will have to take Music History and this article gave some history of pieces. Wayne Norton starts his journal with discussing how the First World War affect the Canadian patriotic songs. He
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these groups of people the colonists victory would not have happened. Women in the Revolutionary War had various roles that affected the war in ways that benefited the Patriots greatly. Women fought on the battlefield‚ took over jobs for men that were unable to do those jobs‚ and did things for the soldiers on the home front. A handful of women bravely fought alongside of the men in the Revolutionary War one of which is known for her wit and bravery‚ Deborah Sampson. Deborah went undercover as ‘Robert
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Question1 Containment was the foreign policy put forth by the United States to challenge Russia during the Cold War (Kennan and Containment‚ n.d.). This Policy was based on a letter written by George Kennan called the X Article (Jones‚ 2008). The letter called for the United States to contain communism from any further expansion. Under President Truman‚ this became policy and would continue for many years and Presidents after him. Since the letter did not define the terms on how to contain communism
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The American perception of war‚ prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and inevitably entering World War II‚ was distant. Many Americans‚ both politicians and consumers‚ believed that entering World War I had been a tragic mistake‚ which added upon the economic turmoil from the Great Depression. Additionally‚ many Americans favored the rising German power in Europe as they served as a balance with the communist influence from the Soviet Union. Businessmen didn’t want to ruin their “profitable overseas
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Jalin Gordon Professor Fleming ENG 110 19 October 2017 War for the Planet of the Apes On July 14‚ 2017 the film “War for the Planet of the Apes” was released showing exactly that‚ a war. During the two hours that the movie plays‚ it gives off a great vibe of integrity from the apes. As the movie begins‚ it gives a rainforest setting where the soldiers are plotting on their next strike against the enemy (the apes) and marching through striving for a victory. As before from the previous movies we
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War is Hell A review of chapter 2‚ ’The Crime of War’ in Michael Walzer’s book‚ "Just and Unjust Wars: A moral argument with historical illustrations." Allen Lane 1997. In this chapter‚ Walzer discusses the cruelty of war and whether there can be any justification for such cruelty. He begins by distinguishing between the justice of war (jus ad bellum) and the justice in war (jus in bello). "War is always judged twice‚ first with reference to the reasons states have for fighting‚ secondly with
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At the point when Japan surrendered toward the end of World War II in 1945‚ Ho Chi Minh’s powers took the capital of Hanoi and announced Vietnam to be an autonomous nation‚ the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. France declined to perceive Ho’s assertion and came back to Vietnam‚ driving Ho’s Communist strengths into northern Vietnam. Ho claimed for help from the United States‚ but since the United States was involved in the raising Cold War with the Communist USSR‚ it doubted Ho’s Communist leanings
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Cold War-“a condition of rivalry‚ mistrust‚ and often open hostility short of violence especially between power groups (such as labor and management).” The series that was watched was named “Cold War” a Jeremy Isaacs production. Turner Original Productions (CNN) released the series on television in 1998. This series was a documentary based on the period slightly before and until after the end of a period in history called The Cold War‚ from years 1945 to 1990’s spanning across the globe. This documentary
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The subject of the Yucatan caste war is a subject that is not particularly studied and there is not an abundant amount of written material pertaining to this topic out there. Nelson Reed’s The Caste War of Yucatan is a monography that gave a detailed overview of the Yucatan caste war in its entirety. Nelson looked at not only the physical confrontation of the war‚ but also the factors contributing‚ such as the landscape‚ social structure of Yucatan society‚ and the impact of the conflict had on the
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Leading in Times of War When turning on the television‚ reading an article‚ or listening to the radio‚ what mostly is being said is something good or bad of what a leader has done. Every leader has their good side and their bad. Everyone always looks for the intentions that a leader can give out. Presidents will explain what they would do if war was to happen. Leaders should not want war like Machiavelli did and think more about peace about like Lao-Tzu. Lao-Tzu believes that war‚ violence‚ and weapons
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